asher - miniatures(wow, one of those unexpected beauties.. the guy behind this music seemed to tape numerous piano excerpts from the radio overtime, used them as loops, all bathed in plenty of tape hiss, the 26 tracks on these 2 discs are around 3/4 minutes, all delicate, minimal, somber and quite stirring i must tell..)

zelienople - hollywood(this time no vocals but GREAT droning instead, very cool disc!)

vidnaObmana - passage in beauty(still on the vO kick)

a broken consort - box of birch(very glad this one got re-released on CD-format, now the rest of Skelton's discography..)

apparently there's so much great music coming out and we're not even halfway the year, need to control myself

steve roach - dynamic stillness (initially i wasn't that fond of DS but actually in the last 2 days, i started to really like this Roach thing, he's craving out something here that i've been missing lately.. i think i can regard this among his best work, and of course one of my favorites of the year!)

steven r smith - antimony(beautiful guitar work with fine sense of improvisation in the best way you can get..)

that sounds good so far, Forrest.i think i'm gonna give The Wolf at the Ruins a listen today, it has been while since playing that one, i think it's much less ambient and more like chinese traditionel folk..as fas as i remember you said you were aiming for a re-issue of The Wolf.. as well..?

isengrind - golestan(well i finally found it.. i can't stop playing this one, it's a very good one, i like it most from all of the Natural Snow Buildings and- related stuff, i hope this release will eventually find a way to CD-format one day..)

MWVM - rotations(thanks to Undershadow's multiple listings here, great droning with the right amount of suspense)

i agree Forrest, Radioland is a great release! And i recently got his TheSadMac for $15 only (maybe Andrew Chalk got inspired by this LP heavy card sleeve cause the new Faraway cd's look the same), though this one is more difficult to find for a reasonable price. Not sure which one i like more, maybe the latter..

well, i recently got the Satumaa disc and must say i really like it.i understand it's Veldhoven's debut album, it's clear the guy is quite talented. it still keeps me reminding of David Tagg's work..the work is overall warm, grainy, richly layered and as Martin (SiF) mentioned himself a 'perfect bedroom fellow' :-)it may end up with my faves of this year..